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justiciaries
Variant of justiciary
noun pl. justiciaries
- the chief political and judicial officer under the Norman and early Plantagenet kings
- Archaic one who administers justice, as a judge
- the jurisdiction of a justiciary
adjective
relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge
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